In the Japanese room, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Shisui sat opposite each other, with no low table in between as a barrier. Only in this way could they understand all of each other's thoughts through observation.
This is the first one-on-one conversation between the two strongest people in Uchiha after three battles.
The tribesmen who were still aggrieved before had left due to the "lack of preparation" persuasion by several Uchiha leaders.
Next, the decisions made by Uchiha Fugaku will be passed on to more clan members layer by layer with the explanations and supplements of several elites.
I believe that when everyone becomes more sober and understands the current situation, they will make correct judgments.
What Shisui was discussing with Uchiha Fugaku at this time was the matter of leaving with him and Yiyong.
At this time, one of them acted as a father and the other as an elder brother, rather than simply as a clan leader and clan member.
"He is just a child. It doesn't matter if he is ignorant. Why do you want to encourage him?"
Uchiha Fugaku's tone sounded dangerous, but his expression and posture were quite calm.
To be fair, this is the first time that Yiyong has shown a sense of belonging to his tribe.
If the situation wasn't suddenly critical now, Fugaku should have felt relieved, but in fact, it would be more dangerous for Yiyong to track down the whereabouts of Yanhuo and Wen than when he let Itachi wander around the battlefield.
Shisui did not dodge his gaze, but looked at the former calmly.
But he didn't immediately talk about things related to Yiyong, but instead talked about another topic.
"Lord Fugaku, before returning to the clan tonight, I thought that taking Yan Huo away was what the enemy wanted."
He paused, "But seeing how excited the clan members are and how they even plan to take risks, I feel that provoking conflicts between the village and the Uchiha is what the enemy really wants."
"If it was the village who ordered it to be detrimental to Yan Huo and the others, we could wait until they entered the Kingdom of Sichuan or even the Kingdom of Wind before taking action. We could also justifiably shift the blame onto the enemy. Those who could take action chose the village.
The Fire Nation’s mansion is the most suspected, but this seems strange.”
"Do you believe what Sandai said?"
Uchiha Fugaku frowned.
"I believe this was not his instruction. But this does not mean that there are no people in Konoha who want to cause conflict between Uchiha and the village."
Shisui took out a pile of records of the whereabouts of Konoha jounin and ANBU from the small bag, which was given to him by Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Those who betray Yanhuo and want to intensify conflicts must be in the village.
"But the person who did it cannot be from Konoha. Because all Konoha ninjas with this ability have evidence of alibi. Even Itachi, he is currently in the Land of Rain, plotting to destroy Sansho Hanzo
It is impossible to have such a good thing at this time..."
"You even doubt Itachi?!"
This time Fugaku was shocked.
You know, when these two people get along, they are more harmonious than real brothers.
"When making this kind of judgment, we must think of all possibilities and treat them equally in order to make overall considerations."
Shisui's words fully reflected the meaning of his name, "Now that Itachi is eliminated, it is actually a good thing."
In fact, after his genjutsu was cracked last night, Shisui had eliminated all the jounin in the clan through investigation, but the only one who had the opportunity to "commit crimes" and still had three magatama was Itachi who was out. After all, he
What followed was a secret mission that Danzo used to test him to join ANBU. Even Shisui didn't know what it was exactly.
But after checking Itachi's whereabouts with the Third Hokage today, Shisui officially eliminated Itachi, and he felt relieved.
Then, Shisui actually classified the person who "took action" as a foreigner with "Sharingan", but he was not a Konoha ninja.
The spies who communicate with the enemy inside and outside are the important personnel in Konoha who hold the intelligence of the patrol squad.
And their ultimate goal is to use the most direct method to intensify the conflict between the village and Uchiha.
Taking an intersection between these three, Shisui immediately came up with a quite bold speculation.
"If you sort out the whole thing and think about the scene where the conflict between the police and ordinary residents intensified some time ago, you will find that in fact, these two seemingly unrelated things are actually the same thing, with the same purpose.
In order to intensify the contradictions and intensify them again. In this way, do you think of someone who is accustomed to inciting public opinion and making lies in the village?"
"You mean... Danzo Shimura?"
After the Nine-Tails Rebellion, Uchiha's reputation was greatly damaged. Thanks to this man, how could Uchiha Fugaku forget him.
It's just that this person rarely appeared in jounin meetings and kept silent. If Itachi hadn't joined the ANBU to get through the opponent, Fugaku would have thought that he had died in some dark corner.
Shisui nodded.
In fact, he didn't immediately think of Danzo. He was a reclusive person. Even if he was an ANBU, he only met Danzo a handful of times.
On the contrary, he is the root of the opponent's subordinates, and often conflicts with the ANBU directly under the Hokage.
But when I think that the person who attacked Yan Huo is a foreigner who "owns the Sharingan", I can't help but think of Orochimaru who previously conducted human experiments in Konoha.
Some time before he escaped, the Uchiha clan also had members disappear, but no tangible evidence was found to prove this.
In Shisui's hypothesis, it is very likely that this Konoha traitor is cooperating with Danzo.
One of them is responsible for doing things, and the other is responsible for providing information, which can explain most of the doubts about Yan Huo's disappearance.
After all, if it were anyone else, they would just kill Yan Huo on the spot, so why take them away?
Unless you want to use his body for something, such as sharingan eye or something.
As a result, Orochimaru and Danzo, who have criminal records, are even more suspected of doing this kind of thing.
In fact, Shisui's guess was quite close to the truth itself.
"For such a big matter, in normal times, Elder Danzo would have been in the Hokage's office exchanging countermeasures with the Third Hokage.
"But today I saw Mito Monohan and Elder Koharu who had moved to another dormitory, but I didn't see him show up. This has to make people suspicious."
"..."
Uchiha Fugaku looked at Shisui with a somewhat "terrible" expression.
"Since you already have a suspect, leaving Konoha this time is actually just..."
"It's a cover, but not completely."
Shisui explained, "Without actual evidence, speculation is just speculation after all. I plan to go to the place where the incident occurred to see if I can find anything, and then directly transfer to the Land of Rain.
"If things are different from what I thought, and the enemy only targets Uchiha, then Itachi, the only one outside the clan, may be in danger. But if it is really Danzo, once Itachi completes his mission and returns to Konoha, he may directly fight with
When he meets, I have the same reason to stop Itachi and ask him to take precautions."
"The reason why I agreed to take Giyuu away is because in the latter case, Giyuu would be safer outside Konoha."
Shisui looked at the position upstairs, "If something unexpected happens, you must stand at the front of the clan. At that time, Aunt Mikoto will only have to protect Sasuke's child, which will be easier."
Of course, another reason why Giyuu walked with the water stop is because in the Land of Rain, a place with heavy rain all year round, Giyuu's water escape will be enhanced, and it is estimated to be as good as three ordinary Konoha Jonin. But he does not have this point.
Unspoken.
Uchiha Fugaku pondered for a long time, then lowered his head slightly, leaned down, and solemnly asked:
"Then Shisui...
"These two children will be left to you."
Meanwhile, upstairs, the twins' room.
Uchiha Mikoto and Sasuke sat side by side at the door, blocking Giyuu's route.
The latter sat there honestly and motionlessly, like a prisoner being criticized.
Sasuke puffed his face angrily, trying his best to imitate Fugaku's usual stern look.
He didn't know why his twin brother wanted to venture outside the village when someone was already missing. Uchiha Fumi just disappeared, but he felt so panicked and uncomfortable that he almost vomited when he was on the roof.
.
If the same thing happened to Yiyong, he wouldn't know how to face it.
Instead, Mikoto just glanced ahead vaguely, opening her lips several times but then closing them again.
This time, just by looking at Yiyong's expression, she understood that no matter how exaggerated her movements and expressions were today, she could not make him back down or change his mind.
"Although mom doesn't want to say that..."
After pondering for a long time, Uchiha Mikoto finally spoke, "But Yanhuo and Wen, there is a high probability that they are no longer alive."
"What……"
Sasuke knew very little about the close connection between the disappearance and death of ninjas, and his eyes widened on the spot.
Mikoto compared Sasuke's fear and the expression on Giyuu's face, and sighed, "But I guess you have already thought of this, right? Giyuu."
"yes."
Yiyong replied, his voice sounding like it was bouncing back from the bottom of a deep well.
Just because he is so used to the term "disappearance", a nightmare that has not appeared for a long time has once again haunted Yiyong. There are some things that you will never get used to.
"Even if you know this, you still want to go with Shisui to find out what's going on?"
"yes."
Yiyong's eyebrows were slightly lowered, and the shape of his eyes seemed a bit sharp. "If the person who did this is not found, it may happen to other tribesmen."
There is another reason that Yiyong has not mentioned.
That is, as long as the murderer has not been found, the surviving Uchiha Choi and Uchiha Gan will live in the cage of guilt they created for themselves, just like he did back then.
As the parties involved, once they recover, they will inevitably take more extreme actions as revenge, thereby risking their lives.
In Giyuu's view, this is another reason why he must do this, and it is also the reason why all the Demon Slayer members have to hunt evil spirits——
To prevent more people from becoming like them, plagued by hatred and pain for life.
Uchiha Mikoto sighed.
Just when Sasuke and Giyuu thought she was going to reveal her mother's identity and forbid Giyuu from stepping out of the house, Mikoto said: "In this case, mother will not stop you."
Sasuke stood up immediately, "Mom!"
Mikoto stretched out her hand to hold Sasuke's shoulders, her gentle eyes falling on Giyuu.
"That kid Shisui is a thoughtful person. If you are with him, I don't worry about your safety.
"It's just that you have never wanted to become a ninja, Giyuu, but now you have to go out on your own initiative for things that are mostly fruitless. It is inevitable that you will see the dirty and cruel side of this world.
"Itachi just walked around the battlefield, and he seemed to be a different person when he came back. Although he has become more mature, he has gradually become taciturn. I have always been worried that the same thing will happen to you and Sasuke.
Now, although the war is over, the cold-bloodedness and cruelty among ninjas has not diminished because of the war, but has become more despicable and insidious..."
When she said this, she waved to Yiyong.
Giyuu hesitated for two or three seconds, stood up, walked to Mikoto and knelt down next to Mikoto, while Mikoto took both children into her arms at the same time.
"Children will grow up when they see cruel things. I also know very well that you can't always be like this.
"Even if you grow up normally, you will gradually become eager for power and fame, and you will gradually become tired of your father's strictness, and you will hate your mother's nagging, and there will even be gaps between brothers due to differences in opinions...and
The outside world will intensify this change."
Sasuke looked at Giyuu in confusion, not knowing why his mother said these words.
He was sure that he would not become the person his mother said he was. As for righteousness, he basically had nothing to do with the word change.
"But no matter how cruel and unreasonable the world outside the village seems, as long as you return home, the love your father, mother and brother have for you will never change.
"So, mom hopes that Yiyong, no matter what he sees outside this time, will always remember what I just said.
"When you come back, I hope you will still be the child who can't lie, and still have a gentle heart that is rare among the tribe. Don't turn yourself into a truly cold person just to cope with a cold world.
."
She moved her warm hand to Yiyong and stretched out her little finger, "Can you promise mom this?"
Before Giyuu could react, Sasuke hung up his little finger first.
He raised his head proudly, "No matter what happens in the future, I will never become as annoying as my mother said. Yiyong, you must think so too, right?!"
Yiyong did not speak, but nodded slightly, and hung up his own finger, forming a precious contract between mother and son.
Mikoto smiled contentedly, and at the same time covered up a hint of worry in her heart with her happy smile.
However, she looked past the two little heads with black hair and looked at the night scene outside the window, which was darker than Yiyong's eyes. The uneasiness in her heart was gradually amplified by the unknown future.
[I just hope that this is not the last time I make this kind of agreement with you.]